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the use of Splenda

my husband claims he saw articles online that state that the use of Splenda can harm fibromyalgia patients/people!!!!
i'm an insulin dependant diabetic and i have no choice but to use splenda.i did see an advertisement on tv about the newest sugar substitute called Truvia and ordered some online !
i can't stand the after taste of sweet n low,and stopped using equal !

I think he means Equal and Nutra Sweet (the &quot;blue&quot; sugar). It's Aspartame (&quot;blue&quot; sugar) that I have heard is supposed to be causing that problem.

Splenda (the &quot;yellow&quot; sugar) and Sweet n Low (the &quot;pink&quot; sugar) are made out of different ingredients. Of course, people find other things wrong with them, too. Mostly they find fault with the &quot;pink&quot; sugar (Sweet n Low). But I thinhk some people have blamed the &quot;yellow&quot; sugar (Equal) for some problems too.

I have close friends who are diabetic. I really feel for you. I looked into cooking with equal, just so I could make something they can eat. I think if you use it sparingly, the way we're SUPPOSED to use real sugar, you'll probably be just fine. We all know that too much real sugar isn't good for us either.

I've used all of them, but I think stevia is the best. I've gotten it from the health food store. I'm not sure, but I think it will be available in all stores eventually. It's more expensive than the others but you use much less. I don't believe it's manufactured, but rather some type of plant.

I've done the research AND I have reacted to the blue one (Equal) and the pink one(Sweet~N~Low). The yellow (Splenda) is fine as well as the green one (Stevia)! It's nice to know my research agrees with yours, Asilinc298.

You can get Stevia at any whole foods market or trader joe's if they have those in your area although I hate it... I think it tastes horrible. I used Splenda with no affects however, my neuro told me no artificial sweetner is good for fm or migraines.
He said if you must sweeten something use real sugar sparingly... I have gained 27lb! So yeah... kind of pissed! However, my migraines and fm pain are down 100% to what they were.
I am going to try just splenda and see what happens.. I was using various sweetners because I would buy sugar free things that were sweetened with aspartame. Not splenda. Maybe if I keep to just splenda I'll be able to tell.

If you read enough you will find somebody, somewhere on the WWW, who will say that pretty much anything is bad for you. There are a lot of people now claiming that we are not supposed to drink MILK.

I think stevia tastes nasty - no issue with anyone else who wants to use it - I just don't like the taste. I use Splenda because it tastes the most like sugar. I have actually, for the most part, stopped drinking diet soda because most of them are just not the same. I drink it for the bubbles and the taste, and if it doesn't taste right it's just wasted calories, so when I indulge I go for the real thing.

Everyone has to evaluate the information out there for themselves - personally I don't buy the horror stories about aspartame, but as Splenda is so much better, why would you use Equal?

Take it all, as they say, with a grain of salt. There are some people in the world who, if something is enjoyable, will find a reason to scare people into believing it's dangerous. Some of the stories may be true, but it's hard to believe there is a giant conspiracy to hide the facts, because in this day and age, if one or two people know about something, the whole world can know pretty much instantly.

The fact that this information virtually always comes from individuals, not organizations, and that, with few exceptions, they not only publish the same information, but in exactly the same words, makes it suspect IMHO.

My fibro pain was so bad all i could do was stay in my recliner. You name the drug I have taken it. My brother begged me to stop drinking diet cola with apartame in it. He had read where aspartame was bad for you. I would try anything to stop the pain. After the second day I started to get better. I am still in pain but it is nothing like what I had been going thru. I will never drink anything with aspartame in again. I do drink splenda in my tea and it doesn't make my fibro worse. I feel like I have a life again.

I personally think they are ALL garbage. But, I had a horrible reaction to Splenda. Almost went to the emergency room! It wreaks havoc on your pancreas. What about RAW sugar in limited amounts? The problem is that we Americans are poisoned every where we turn for food. Sugar is in everything, even toothpaste! We are over-sugared and over-salted.

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